[Federal Register: December 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 239)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0050; FRL-8606-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from
Coke By-Product Recovery Plants (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1080.12, OMB
Control Number 2060-0185
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501, et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 14,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0050, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0050, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or, in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is
(202) 566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to
http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from Coke By-Product Recovery
Plants (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1080.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0185.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the
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collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) were promulgated on December 15, 1989, and amended
on February 12, 1999, and October 17, 2000. Owners or operators of
existing and new facilities that are furnace or foundry coke by-product
recovery plants that produce benzene emissions subject to NESHAP
subpart L must submit notification of and application for construction,
reconstruction or modification, and notice of the anticipated date of
initial and actual startup. Owners and operators of regulated
facilities must also submit: notifications of performance tests; any
physical or operational change which may increase the emission rate;
implementation of equipment leakage requirements; and notification that
the requirements of 40 CFR part 61, subpart L, 40 CFR part 61, subpart
V, and 40 CFR part 61, subpart A, have been met. In addition, these
owners and operators must submit performance test reports and
semiannual reports. Records must be maintained of leak detection and
repair logs, the design requirements of closed-vent systems and control
devices, applicable valve information, design control device, plan
operations and corrective action, compliance tests, reference values of
monitored parameters, and monitoring results and exceedances. In
addition, records must be kept of annual furnace and foundry coke
production for furnace coke by-product recovery plants, monitoring
data, monitoring system calibration checks, and the occurrence and
duration of periods where the monitoring system is malfunctioning or
inoperative.
Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least
five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance
reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or
local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated
authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR
part 61, subpart L, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the
Clean Air Act. The required information consists of emissions data and
other information that have been determined to be private.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 92
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Benzene emissions from coke by-
product recovery plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 17.
Frequency of Response: Semiannually, and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,137.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $199,375, which includes $0 annualized
Capital Startup costs, $0 Operating and Maintenance Costs (O&M), and
$199,375 annualized Labor Costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The regulations have not changed over the
past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three
years. There is only one small change in the labor hours in this ICR
compared to the previous ICR. The change is caused by different methods
of rounding numbers. The previous ICR shows (3,138) as the labor hours,
however, this ICR uses the exact hours of (3,137). The growth rate for
the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden.
Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in
the previous ICR are used in this ICR, and there is no change in burden
to industry.
Dated: December 6, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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